Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

Northern Lights: the Illustrated Edition by Philip Pullman

25 reviews

fiveredhens's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

this book: the aurora gave humans

the knowledge of good and evil via elementary particles

, adults who seem nice can be horrifically abusive, scandinavian witch communism, girls can be excitable and headstrong and even a little annoying while still being intelligent and worthy of love
10-yr-old me: wow cool ferret

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Emotional abuse, and Gore

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Racism, Xenophobia, Blood, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, and Cultural appropriation

Minor: Ableism, Drug use, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Vomit, Dementia, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

orientalism, africa as a wild monolith, romani stereotypes

fruya's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Racism, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Gun violence, and Sexism

Minor: Animal cruelty, Vomit, and Religious bigotry

mmefish's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Religious bigotry

monoliloquy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I have loved this book since I was too young to read it. I first read it when I was about ten and fell in love. I forget about this series ever so often and it's always great to reread. 

There are moments, in the way Pullman writes people--women, especially--that give me pause, but most of these moments are storytelling choices and specific misconceptions that Lyra has about the world. 

The writing in this book is enthralling, vivid, and doesn't let you go even for a moment. It's creative and the worldbuilding is beautiful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, and Religious bigotry

aconfundityofcrows's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Feb 2021: I left this at two stars for a long time, because I wasn't sure how to represent my feelings about it and I didn't want to change my rating until I reread it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Sexism, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Religious bigotry, and Medical trauma

Minor: Body shaming, Misogyny, and Sexual violence